From SynFutures' move into AI Agent, we can see the development direction of DeFAI.

The product form of AI Agent is more suitable for appearing as an embedded service middleware, which helps to bring the trading experience back to the simplicity and intuitiveness of Web2.

Written by: NingNing

What can revive the AI Agent track is not the "CA engineer" who is good at acting, but the down-to-earth "product engineer".

In the market emotional storm of collective rollover of PVP head on the chain, the on-chain realization of loss (cutting meat) fund scale has set a historical record, triggering tearing, rights protection, and repentance. AI Agent's subdivision track DeFAI is quietly following the footsteps of the recent chain abstraction track, quietly transitioning from output narrative to market mental stage by competing with product power for users.

As the number one perpetual contract DEX on Base, SynFutures today announced the launch of its AI Agent, ALL IN DeFAI, a paradigm innovation.

From the Ethereum mainnet NFT perpetual contract niche market to embracing the Blast ecosystem to migrating to the Base ecosystem to ALL IN DeFAI, this is the SynFutures team's third initiative to break out of their comfort zone in history.

We know that the traditional DEX trading process is cumbersome, and users need to open the Dapp, connect the wallet, approve authorization, and confirm the transaction. Each step is a potential point of loss.

SynFutures' DeFAI product does not choose to replicate the chat room UX currently used by the blue-chip DeFAI, but instead brings trading back to the most familiar environment for users - Twitter. Sending a message to the AI Agent in natural language, such as 'buy ETH with 20% of the funds,' completes the transaction.

This experiential innovation will greatly reduce the threshold for DeFAI usage. More importantly, by embedding within the Twitter ecosystem, it combines trading with social interaction.

For example:

• When you see an analyst posting a bullish view, just copy his trade in the comments section
• Bet with friends on the trend of a certain token, the contract can be completed directly in the conversation.
• Each transaction recommendation from KOL has turned into an executable smart contract

Currently, there are several types of DeFAI AI Agents on the market:

• Represented by HeyAnon, a versatile Agent that provides comprehensive DeFi services
• Represented by Bankr, DEX trading Agent, focusing on token trading
• The autonomous trading agent represented by Kudai is a trader itself.
• Represented by Simulacrum, functional agent focuses on specific scenarios

SynFutures has chosen a differentiated path, focusing on pushing perpetual contract trading to the extreme. For SynFutures, adopting this strategy has several significant advantages:

• Hit the pain point: Perpetual contract trading is highly professional, and the value of lowering the threshold through AI is maximized
• Clear realization: transaction fees are the most direct source of income
• Deep moat: backed by its mature PerpDEX infrastructure, not easily replicable

It is worth noting that the first phase of SynFutures' Agent only opens spot trading, and then gradually introduces advanced functions such as leverage, stop-loss, and ultimately achieves cross-chain trading capabilities.

This strategy can ensure the stability of user product experience and maintain market popularity continuously. Every function upgrade is a new marketing hotspot.

SynFutures' DeFAI attempt also validates my previous observation that the product form of the AI Agent is more suitable to appear as an embedded service middleware, which helps to bring the trading experience back to the simplicity and intuitiveness of Web2.

The chat room UX paradigm of Griffain and Buzz is not very friendly to non-Degen players, and the intention to express efficiency is also low.

In the future, AI Agent will be deeply coupled with Chain Abstraction, forming the Intent Solver layer that connects users with complex smart contracts.